Common · History
Google effect
Inability to remember important information because of the ease of looking online
The Google effect, also called digital amnesia, is the tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines. According to the first study about the Google effect, people are less likely to remember certain details they believe will be accessible online.
From Wikipedia
The Google effect, also called digital amnesia, is the tendency to forget information that can be found readily online by using Internet search engines. According to the first study about the Google effect, people are less likely to remember certain details they believe will be accessible online. However, the study also claims that people's ability to learn information offline remains the same. This effect may also be seen as a change to what information and what level of detail is considered to be important to remember.
Text: Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0. ·
Related cards
-
S★
Spacing effect
Psychological effect that people learn more by spreading studying out in time
-
★★★
ELIZA effect
Tendency to assume computer behaviors are analogous to human behaviors
-
★★★★
Streisand effect
Phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet
-
★★
Serial-position effect
Tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best, and the middle items worst
-
★
Denomination effect
Form of cognitive bias relating to currency
-
★
The Shallows (book)
2010 non-fiction work by Nicholas G. Carr